1903_003 John WT Volker to David Eccles_Business

DAVID ECCLES, Prest. THOS. D. DEE, Sec’y & Treas. H. H. SPENCER, Mangr. OFFICE OF THE ECCLES LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN LUMBER, DOORS AND SASH. GLASS & BUILDING HARDWARE, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, STAIRS, BALUSTERS: NEWELS, STAIR RAILING, PEWS, PEW ENDS, MANTELS, FRAMES, DRESSED & ROUGH LUMBER, LATHS, SHINGLES, STORE COUNTERS, SHELVING, SCROLL SAWING & TURNINGS, BRACKETS, FLOORING, CEILING, WEATHER BOARDING Ogden, Utah, May 10 1903 Mr David Eccles Baker City Dear Friend and Brother – No doubt this will reach you about the same time as you reach Baker City, but this being the anniversary of your birth I can not help but write you and congratulate you with your 54th birthday and I wish you many happy returns of the same and I sincerely pray the Lord that your life may be spared and you may live as long as your heart may desire to be a benefit and a blessing so mankind and you may have the privilege of seeing all your large families grow up and every one of them be an honor to your name, and I have no doubt this will be the case My dear brother if you will remain faithful to your covenants to your wife and your God, for your Heavenly has blessed you in the past and he will in the future inasmuch as you will always acknowledge His hand in your prosperity for he is not pleased with those who do not acknowledge His hand in all things, and while He has given you your qualities by which you have been able to become an honored man and a blessing to the Community’s where you operate from an obscure boy, remember Him the giver of all and be a wise steward and His blessings shall continue upon you and your families. As stated above may you live long and prosper may peace abide DAVID ECCLES, Prest. THOS. D. DEE, Sec’y & Treas. H. H. SPENCER, Mangr. OFFICE OF THE ECCLES LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN LUMBER, DOORS AND SASH. GLASS & BUILDING HARDWARE, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, STAIRS, BALUSTERS: NEWELS, STAIR RAILING, PEWS, PEW ENDS, MANTELS, FRAMES, DRESSED & ROUGH LUMBER, LATHS, SHINGLES, STORE COUNTERS, SHELVING, SCROLL SAWING & TURNINGS, BRACKETS, FLOORING, CEILING, WEATHER BOARDING Ogden, Utah,__________189__ in your families that the Spirit of the Lord may direct them in all things so that no thorns may mar your happiness only those which are sometimes necessary to bring us to a realization that we are as clay in the hands of the potter to make us vessels of honor or of dishonor. Now I will not weary you but now while you are away from Ogden take your much needed rest and things will go all right. Give my love to Ellen and the children and may you celebrate this day with your loved ones in peace and happiness and many of them is the sincere wish of your brother John W T. Volker

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DAVID ECCLES, Prest. THOS. D. DEE, Sec’y & Treas. H. H. SPENCER, Mangr. OFFICE OF THE ECCLES LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN LUMBER, DOORS AND SASH. GLASS & BUILDING HARDWARE, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, STAIRS, BALUSTERS: NEWELS, STAIR RAILING, PEWS, PEW ENDS, MANTELS, FRAMES, DRESSED & ROUGH LUMBER, LATHS, SHINGLES, STORE COUNTERS, SHELVING, SCROLL SAWING & TURNINGS, BRACKETS, FLOORING, CEILING, WEATHER BOARDING Ogden, Utah, May 10 1903 Mr David Eccles Baker City Dear Friend and Brother – No doubt this will reach you about the same time as you reach Baker City, but this being the anniversary of your birth I can not help but write you and congratulate you with your 54th birthday and I wish you many happy returns of the same and I sincerely pray the Lord that your life may be spared and you may live as long as your heart may desire to be a benefit and a blessing so mankind and you may have the privilege of seeing all your large families grow up and every one of them be an honor to your name, and I have no doubt this will be the case My dear brother if you will remain faithful to your covenants to your wife and your God, for your Heavenly has blessed you in the past and he will in the future inasmuch as you will always acknowledge His hand in your prosperity for he is not pleased with those who do not acknowledge His hand in all things, and while He has given you your qualities by which you have been able to become an honored man and a blessing to the Community’s where you operate from an obscure boy, remember Him the giver of all and be a wise steward and His blessings shall continue upon you and your families. As stated above may you live long and prosper may peace abide DAVID ECCLES, Prest. THOS. D. DEE, Sec’y & Treas. H. H. SPENCER, Mangr. OFFICE OF THE ECCLES LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN LUMBER, DOORS AND SASH. GLASS & BUILDING HARDWARE, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, STAIRS, BALUSTERS: NEWELS, STAIR RAILING, PEWS, PEW ENDS, MANTELS, FRAMES, DRESSED & ROUGH LUMBER, LATHS, SHINGLES, STORE COUNTERS, SHELVING, SCROLL SAWING & TURNINGS, BRACKETS, FLOORING, CEILING, WEATHER BOARDING Ogden, Utah,__________189__ in your families that the Spirit of the Lord may direct them in all things so that no thorns may mar your happiness only those which are sometimes necessary to bring us to a realization that we are as clay in the hands of the potter to make us vessels of honor or of dishonor. Now I will not weary you but now while you are away from Ogden take your much needed rest and things will go all right. Give my love to Ellen and the children and may you celebrate this day with your loved ones in peace and happiness and many of them is the sincere wish of your brother John W T. Volker